Married Mate

Chapter 19

Jasmines POV

        "Gabriel calm down, I can explain everything if you just calm down." I pleaded and hoped he would listen. 

"You are no longer speaking to Gabriel, I'm Lucas. What type of explanation do you have to give me for some how removing our mark? Were we not good enough for you? Did you feel ashamed? Or is it that you prefer that mutt over there?!" Lucas snarled pointing his finger at Damon. 

Damon was now heaving and shaking with so much anger. I could tell that he was fighting to not lose control. We made eye contact and I winked at him; throwing him off a bit but it worked, he stopped shaking and gave me a smirk. His eyes slowly turn back to his normal beautiful hazel eyes. 

My eyes averted back to Lucas.. "Lucas its nice to finally be able to speak to you again. I did not feel like you guys weren't good enough and I definitely did not feel ashamed. The point is that I am married and..

"Wait what?" Damon interrupted me. He took a step towards me but I quickly held my hand up to stop him. " Yes I am married, I was married before meeting and finding out about all of you. If you'd like more explanation, you will have to patiently wait till I am done talking to Lucas." I was no longer going to let people walk all over me and tell me what I can do. So If being stern with Damon was the way to go, then so be it. 

All Damon did was nod his head in understanding. I'm glad that he didn't push the issue.  

"Like I was saying, The point is that I am married and Gabriel/You did not respect that. You guys marked me against my will and made it so I couldn't go home. What makes you think that, that would go smoothly?  I'm not going to sit here and lie, I did feel a pull to you but that doesn't mean that I'm going to ignore the fact that I am married."

The whole time that I am explaining myself I could see everyone else was listening with so much intensity, I could've sworn they were holding their breaths. 

"While I was in a coma, I was told that I would be given my free will back and no longer be marked. I am supposedly a unique case and she did not like the fact that I was marked against my will." I smiled at Lucas's still angry self. 

"What makes you think you are a unique case? Mates get marked ALL the time against their will. Its sometimes the only way to get them to fully accept their destiny and have them by our sides. And who is she? You must've been hallucinating." Lucas spat out. 

I was starting to feel a bit disrespected but I didn't want to snap back like I usually do when I get pissed. Because sweetie being Hispanic is a whole different ball game. WE DO NOT PLAY. And I had to keep in mind that this was Lucas speaking not Gabriel. But then again I don't know how Gabriel is feeling, he could be reciprocating Lucas's exact feelings. 

"I'm going to explain this one time and one time only, after that YOU will stop speaking to me like you are my superior or somthing and leave me be til I'm good and ready. And before you say anything you ARE NOT my superior because I am a human not a wolf that's part of YOUR pack." Boooyah baby! I did a quick mental dance and gave myself a pat on the back. 

"When I was in a coma I somehow mentally went somewhere called the Planes between planes. I met an amazing lady there called the "Moon Goddess" She explained to me that I'm a unique due to the fact that I was created with the choice to pick between 2 different mates. Therefore she removed the forced mark and is giving me a choice. Either stay married to my husband or Pick between the two Alphas that I have been destined to be with. That is my explanation, take it or leave it." I took a deep breath and laid my head back onto my bed. 

"Wow I've never heard of anyone getting to choose between 2 different mates. That's awesome!!" Michelle giggled while Jason gave a dirty look. 

"Do you know who is your other mate?" Jason asked looking at Gabriel. 

"I have a feeling that I do but I'm not going to mention who it is because I feel like it will cause issues." I weakly smiled at Jason. 

I looked over at Gabriel and it looked like he was back to his old self.  But the look of betrayal in his eyes hurt me. I didn't mean for all of this to happen. I never asked to become someones mate. I was doing well just minding my own business and living my plain ol life.

Gabriel gave me one more look and simply walked away; no turning back or anything. Michelle tried to grab his hand but Gabriel just pushed her hand down and left the room. Michelle looked over at me with so much hurt in her eyes that I wanted to cry. 

"It's okay Jasmine, I'm not mad at you. I just hope that you make the right decision and if that decision isn't my brother, I  want you to know that I still see you as a sister." She smiled and quietly left the room, Jason following close behind. 

Damon on the other hand waited for everyone to leave before slowly approaching me. I held my breath to see what he would say. I was nervous that he also would hate me because I was married. 

"I hope your pain levels are nonexistent. And I mean all type of pain, including heartache. I'm not mad at you, I'm just surprised that you're married. But I mean why should I be right? You were Gabriel's mate already so I had no right to even hope.." He painfully closed his eyes, as to shut out all the pain he was feeling. "I just hope you get better soon and that you find that 2nd mate that you might be destined to be with." He kissed my forehead and turn to leave. 

The tightness in my chest was so bad I couldn't even breath.. I couldn't let him just walk away without him knowing..

"Damon.." I grabbed his arm to stop him from leaving.. 

"You're the other Alpha"..